AGaPaS (Autonomously Acting Rescue Robot for Persons in Distress at Sea)

Autonomously Acting Rescue Robot for Persons in Distress at Sea
AGaPaS Autonome Galileo-gesttzte Personenrettung auf See

video : Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften / Long Night of Science / Berlin Technische Universitt - Institut fr Land und Seeverkehr / 2012

PROJEKT: Roboter fr die Personenrettung aus Seenot - CeMarIS entwickelt einen Roboter, der autonom und GALILEO untersttzt in Seenot geratene Personen retten kann.

PROJECT: The Center for Marine Information Systems at the University of Rostock has joined an interdisciplinary research team to develop an autonomously acting, GALILEO supported robot for the salvage of persons in distress at sea.

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Persons with Spinal Cord Injury playing soccer while wearing Berkeley Exoskeleton

Two young men, one with paraplegia (spinal cord injury) and the other with spinal cord damage play soccer wearing the Berkeley exoskeleton modules in Berkeley, California. The Berkeley exoskeleton is modular; weighs 27 pounds total and is adjustable to various sizes. The user has complete control on the steps and the commands are initiated and transmitted to the system computer via crutch mounted controllers.

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